LARGE ENHANCEMENT OF POLARIZATION OBSERVED BY EXTRACTED ELECTRONS FROM THE ALGAAS-GAAS SUPERLATTICE

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作者
OMORI, T
KURIHARA, Y
NAKANISHI, T
AOYAGI, H
BABA, T
FURUYA, T
ITOGA, K
MIZUTA, M
NAKAMURA, S
TAKEUCHI, Y
TSUBATA, M
YOSHIOKA, M
机构
[1] NAGOYA UNIV,FAC SCI,CHIKUSA KU,NAGOYA,AICHI 406,JAPAN
[2] NEC CORP LTD,FUNDAMENTAL RES LABS,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.3294
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have observed a large enhancement of the spin polarization of electrons extracted from an AlGaAs-GaAs superlattice illuminated by circularly polarized light. A polarization of 71.2 +/- 1.1 (stat) +/- 6.1 (syst)% was obtained with a photon wavelength of 802 nm at room temperature. We have also confirmed the removal of the degeneracy between a heavy-hole band and a light-hole band at the GAMMA-point from the laser-wavelength dependence of the polarization.
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页码:3294 / 3297
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